hand braken.¹

Brit.

/ˈhand breɪk/, U.S.

/ˈhænd ˌbreɪk/

Forms: 1700s– hand brake, 1700s– hand break.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: hand n., brake n.³

Etymology: < hand n. + brake n.³, perhaps (compare quot. 1766) after Dutch handbraak (although this is apparently first attested later: 1862 or earlier).In form hand break probably by association with break v.

Now chiefly historical.

A hand-operated instrument used to break and crush flax or hemp. Cf. brake n.³ 1.

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1766 Scots Mag. Feb. 77/1 The breaking of flax by the Dutch hand-brake.

1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 134 (note) Much good might be done by persuading..farmers to sow some flax-seed. The trifling expense of purchasing a little seed, and a hand brake, would operate as a premium.

1848 G. Nicholls Flax-grower 44 Breaking is performed either by the hand-break, or by machines... The hand-break is a very simple instrument.

1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 330 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI Hemp-growers..allow their hemp..to remain exposed to the action of the atmosphere until a decomposition of the fibre has progressed so far as to enable them to break it with facility on the hand-brake.

1943 L. H. Dewey Fiber Production in Western Hemisphere 67/1 In many hemp-producing regions the hand brake..is still used to crush and break the stalks.

1998 A. Wells in S. C. Topik & A. Wells Second Conquest Lat. Amer. iii. 91 Time-consuming hand brakes, which crushed and broke the stalks, continued to be used on hemp farms until the middle of the twentieth century.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hand brake
释义	hand braken.¹ Brit. /ˈhand breɪk/, U.S. /ˈhænd ˌbreɪk/ Forms: 1700s– hand brake, 1700s– hand break. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymons: hand n., brake n.³ Etymology: < hand n. + brake n.³, perhaps (compare quot. 1766) after Dutch handbraak (although this is apparently first attested later: 1862 or earlier).In form hand break probably by association with break v. Now chiefly historical. A hand-operated instrument used to break and crush flax or hemp. Cf. brake n.³ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > beating > implement for swinglec1325 swingle-stickc1325 swingle-stockc1340 swingle-wandc1340 brakec1450 swingle-hand1483 swindlehanda1500 swingletree?a1500 swingling-stock?a1500 swingle-foot1500 swingling-bat1552 tow-beetle1601 tewtaw1652 swingle-staff1664 swingle-head1677 cataract1693 hemp-beatera1726 hand brake1766 scutcher1766 scutchc1791 swingling-board1819 swingling-hand1825 bott-hammer1839 swingling-post1902 1766 Scots Mag. Feb. 77/1 The breaking of flax by the Dutch hand-brake. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 134 (note) Much good might be done by persuading..farmers to sow some flax-seed. The trifling expense of purchasing a little seed, and a hand brake, would operate as a premium. 1848 G. Nicholls Flax-grower 44 Breaking is performed either by the hand-break, or by machines... The hand-break is a very simple instrument. 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 330 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI Hemp-growers..allow their hemp..to remain exposed to the action of the atmosphere until a decomposition of the fibre has progressed so far as to enable them to break it with facility on the hand-brake. 1943 L. H. Dewey Fiber Production in Western Hemisphere 67/1 In many hemp-producing regions the hand brake..is still used to crush and break the stalks. 1998 A. Wells in S. C. Topik & A. Wells Second Conquest Lat. Amer. iii. 91 Time-consuming hand brakes, which crushed and broke the stalks, continued to be used on hemp farms until the middle of the twentieth century. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1766
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